The following chart presents the number of new and abandoned hazardous waste sites found in various regions in the United States by the 1990s. A bar graph titled U S Hazardous Waste Sites by Region has region on the x-axis, and number of hazardous sites on the y-axis, from 0 to 350 in increments of 70. New England, 75; Mid-Atlantic, 290; N E Central, 220; N W Central, 100; S Atlantic, 170; S E Central, 45; S W Central, 50; Mountain, 65; Pacific, 150.
Based on this data, in which four regions would you advise someone to live? Which would be the safest for someone to live?
a.
SE Central, SW Central, Mountain, and New England
b.
Mid-Atlantic, NE Central, NW Central, and S. Atlantic
c.
Mid-Atlantic, NE Central, S. Atlantic, and Pacific
d.
NW Central, New England, Pacific, and S. Atlantic

Questions 9-10. use the table of educational expenditures to answer the questions. k-12 education expenditures population indiana $9.97 billion 6.6 million illinois $28.54 billion 12.9 million kentucky $6.58 billion 4.4 million michigan $16.85 billion 9.9 million ohio $20.23 billion 11.6million 9. if the amount of k-12 education expenses in indiana were proportional to those in ohio, what would have been the expected value of k-12 expenditures in indiana? (give the answer in billions rounded to the nearest hundredth) 10. use the value of k-12 education expenditures in michigan as a proportion of the population in michigan to estimate what the value of k-12 education expenses would be in illinois. a) find the expected value of k-12 expenditures in illinois if illinois were proportional to michigan. (give the answer in billions rounded to the nearest hundredth) b) how does this compare to the actual value for k-12 expenditures in illinois? (lower, higher, same? )